QUOTE(andys @ Oct 10 2012, 08:05 AM)
Eddie Lawson is quite adept at driving these high HP karts. He ran SuperKatrs for years, and usually ran up front....won many times. I spent lots of time on the track with him, but that was many years ago. Good to see he's still at it. The Formula Pacific is a series being developed by Bill Huth, owner of WSIR. The series runs a R6 600cc MC motor, though they did build a 1000cc version; I wonder if this video is of the 1000cc version? Don't confuse this FP series with the open wheel FP series which I believe runs mostly down under.
SoCal roadrace karting died about 10 years ago when the oldest club in the nation, SCK, folded due to declining participation. 25 or 30 years ago, a 400 entry weekend was not uncommon.....I recall being gridded 34th in a field of 62 at Riverside Int'l. Raceway back in those days....ahh, the memories! Anyway, SuperKarts survived as a separate organization as did many local sprint kart clubs.
Andys
Hey AndyS,
Thanks for your input. While you were running those HUGE Kart fields, I was running Formula Ford with equally Huge Fields. It's just too bad that racing has become SO Prohibitaly expensive!
Unforntunately, this is the ongoing story for road racing. At a Cobra-Owners Club meeting Bob Bondurant SCOFFED at the "NEW LOW COST" Formula Ford class. He predicted that just like Formula Junior, the cost to be competitive would go through the roof. He was SO right, once the Swift FF were raced.
It seems ONLY Formula V remains as the low-cost leader, although Club FF is pretty close...but then, those are driven by OLDER, "Mature" Drivers who know what is all costs at the end of the day: "Race, have FUN, Don't run the bill up!"
Best,
Terry